Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) is a corrosive influence to any political campaign, so much so that his own son, Rory, a Nevada gubernatorial candidate, went so far as to make sure his last name did not appear anywhere on his Web site, the conspicuously unspecific Rory2010.com. “Harry Reid Wrong on Many Levels,” is the title of a January CNN story, the topic of which could be absolutely anything. And Jon Stewart recently described the Senate majority leader as the worst guest ever to appear on his show. “He was like in a coma—it was so weird,” Stewart said. It would follow, then, that Democrats would be wise to keep this wholly unwelcome man far and away from any of November’s midterm contests, except for, unfortunately, his own. However, Reid, true to form, seems insistent on associating himself with previously untainted candidates. (He did not earn all that vitriol from listening to and pleasing members of his own party.) Guess which Democratic hopeful is the cursed subject of Reid’s praise, reproduced below:

“I’ve always thought [he] is going to win. I told him that and I tried to get him to run. I’m glad he’s running. I just think the world of him. He’s my pet."The answer? Naturally, Reid’s “pet” is none other than Chris Coons, Christine O’Donnell’s opponent in Delaware and an extremely important figure in the party’s battle to retain its Senate majority. The Republicans already have the Final Cut–competent intern, so Democrats need to make sure Reid does not unwittingly inspire the imagery in any more “viral” “comedy” commercials.